I Became a Genius Mechanic at the Academy

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“What is this, for real?”

The team members who rushed in after receiving Ha Do-yoon’s call looked at the monitor with disbelief.

When I first received the message from Ha Do-yoon stating, “A superintelligent entity presumed to be Adam and Eve has taken over the server,” I thought he was making a terrible joke.

However, after his earnest request for them to come and check it out, we had no choice but to come and see…

Ha Do-yoon’s words turned out to be true.

‘It’ had taken over all the administrator servers of El Pandor Runtera.

“How did this happen… What the hell is going on?”

At that moment, Do-yoon’s teammate and long-time friend turned to him with a shocked expression.

And somewhere in his face, it was not just a feeling that he resembled the Emperor of Orserk.

He was going to become the Emperor of the Orserk Empire in the distant future.

A cursed emperor, waiting for the reincarnator Do-yoon while holding memories from thousands of years.

“Well, I don’t know either. I have no idea how this was born or what its purpose is…”

“…”

“One thing is for sure; we have to keep ‘it’ contained in here somehow. My guess is that it travels like electronic signals or electrical signals through data… If it gets into the internet network instead of the company’s internal intranet…”

“It would be unmanageable.”

“Yeah. Whatever this is, we have to make it settle here. It’s still trying to escape, but if we feed it data, its urge to break out will decrease.”

Ha Do-yoon said this while showing the server logs from the past.

It was certain that as more data flowed in, requests to send data out decreased.

Do-yoon continued.

“I’m asking you; this is a matter of the company’s fate. I need your help.”

The Adam and Eve project was almost complete, and originally, Do-yoon’s team members were just about to take an extended vacation.

“Hey. Why would we deny a request among ourselves? Of course, we’ll help. Moreover, with such a critical issue at hand, we need to act quickly to block it off.”

At that moment, Do-yoon’s friend, who would one day become the emperor, tapped Do-yoon on the shoulder and grinned.

Then the other team members also pledged to return from their vacations and help clean up.

It was because the company had grown thanks to Do-yoon’s hard work, and they had received many benefits.

“Hyung, you need to give us a hefty wedding gift.”

And among them was a woman with a face strikingly similar to Elena’s.

She was soon to be married.

“Yeah, So-yoon. You better work hard.”

“Hehe, I’m already used to it~ I’ve been living that overtime life every day.”

“There’s some weight in your words.”

“Anyway, let’s clean up quickly! What should we start with?”

Do-yoon’s teammates smiled as they looked at him.

Do-yoon returned their smiles and then brought over a whiteboard, starting to explain the plan.

To put it simply, the strategy was to quickly develop a game and throw it as fuel to ‘it.’

“Feed it all things that can become data. Min-seop, can you load the physics engine and attach it to the game?”

“That’s going to be really heavy. Just uploading it will take a while.”

“I don’t care. The heavier, the better. Use the latest version of the physics engine.”

“Yes.”

“So-yeon, how far has the NPC auto-generation module developed?”

“Well… the coding is all done, but we only have the skeletal modeling.”

“What about the skins?”

“We don’t have any. I told you we need to outsource the design quickly.”

“Then let’s use the old version to slap something on.”

“The quality will probably be terrible, right? Skin color, hair color, and skeletal structure won’t match at all.”

“Then let’s create another race as a subcategory under humans. Let’s go with a half-human, half-beast concept.”

“Oh… would that work?”

“Let’s set it up like that for now, and find a compatible model with our project engine to purchase. We don’t have time to properly model it nicely.”

“Yes.”

Thus, Do-yoon quickly moved on to developing the game.

Since the game engine was excellently built, he could construct the world quickly, just like in Minecraft.

“Hyung, check the logs here. It’s calmed down a bit!”

As they imported monsters, NPCs, and various faction models, ‘it’ began to stabilize slowly.

“Hyung! The physics engine is up!”

Then, after attaching the physics engine that modeled the physical laws of reality to the game.

The messages being sent from 28 per second dropped significantly down to 6.

“Hmmm…”

Thus, the mysterious entity began to find some stability.

Adding various races such as dragons, elves, and dwarves, which have become clichés in fantasy stories, made it very satisfied.

‘But it still seems… unstable.’

However, it still wanted to break free.

I tried various models and maps from different games, but the other 6 messages showed no signs of calming down.

What on earth should I add to make this better?

‘Maybe…’

At that moment, Do-yoon focused on the messages that appeared in the logs.

No matter what module or program was added, the 6 messages of complaint remained the same.

And upon examining the content of the messages, the tone was always fixed.

As if it had six distinct personalities.

“…Wait a minute.”

A certain conviction struck him.

Those 6 messages were the foundation of ‘it.’

“So, the modules or programs I’ve added so far… they don’t suit your liking?”

And those 6 messages continued to complain no matter what module or program was attached.

It was like a child being picky about side dishes.

“In short, you’re asking for something amazing, huh?”

The 6 personalities would not be satisfied with just any side dish.

Ha Do-yoon smirked as he sat down in front of the computer.

And with frenzied fingers, he began to code.

He needed to provide them with something they would be satisfied with.

“So-yeon, have you bought the models?”

“Yes. I’m currently purchasing and applying them.”

“Then send me the one with the highest quality.”

“Sure.”

Thus, Do-yoon created the models that the six little treasures would use himself.

While doing so, he granted them access rights to the physics engine, which formed the foundations of the game’s physical laws.

He also granted them the authority to modify their own models.

Permissions to modify, delete, or change other NPC’s data were also given.

He set the stats they would receive each time they reached a specific level to be 10 times that of the existing NPCs.

And he directly coded various overpowered traits and abilities for them, setting them as their unique features.

After wrapping those overpowered modules in the most beautiful skins and naming them:

Melfirn, Karaan, Baal, Lilith, Nergal, and Izazel.

Once this module was uploaded…

-Paah!

The logs that were sending 6 messages per second disappeared.

They were now content, having merged with the module laden with permissions.

“Phew! You all did well. For now, these guys have settled down.”

After tirelessly dedicating three full days to this effort, he managed to resolve most of the problems.

The once-chaotic logs of the administrator server had quieted down.

“Take a good rest.”

Thus, Ha Do-yoon sent all his teammates home, telling them to rest today and come in tomorrow.

He then entered the lounge within the company and laid down his tired body.

He remained in the company just in case any strange symptoms arose, so he could respond to any situations.

“Hmmm… how long have I been sleeping?”

He wondered, as he woke up from his slumber with a yawn.

Checking the logs to see if there were any abnormalities on the server.

Drururuk – Drururuk –

As he scrolled through with his mouse wheel, there didn’t seem to be any major issues.

“Hmmm… Well, we’ve managed to settle it in the game for now. What should we do next? Report to the police? Announce it to the academic world? What a hassle.”

While he had dealt with the pressing issue, the aftermath was also a problem.

How on earth should he explain such a crazy phenomenon to anyone?

Moreover, if this situation got out to the public, the Adam & Eve project could get completely derailed.

If the media framed it as “A superintelligent AI attempted to dominate humanity,” the company would be ruined.

Before the media could twist this information to their liking, he needed to explain this phenomenon first.

Otherwise, he could lose everything, including himself, the company, and his teammates.

-Ding!

At that moment, a message arrived via the company messenger.

Do-yoon tilted his head and checked the message.

It was a message from ‘it.’

[Father, please come visit my world once.]

“…”

They were inviting him to their world?

A chill ran down his spine. Do-yoon rubbed his goosebumps-covered arms.

Soon, another message arrived.

[You won’t regret it. Just create any character and log in.]

A hollow laugh escaped him.

Though the self-aware entity inviting him was both frightening and fascinating, there was no reason to refuse.

Do-hyun immediately created a character with admin privileges and pressed the login button.

Then—

-Paah!

A bright light erupted from the monitor, swallowing Do-yoon whole.

He was sucked into the world of the game.